Chang Sam Yeol, Yoo Won Joon, Park Moon Seok, Chung Chin Youb, Choi In Ho, Cho Tae-Joon
aDivision of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul bDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.
J Pediatr Orthop B. 2013 Nov;22(6):553-6. doi: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e3283654d50.
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is rare in nonambulatory patients, as mechanical factors play important roles in the development of the disease. We report a case of SCFE, which occurred in a 12-year-old girl with a nonambulatory status after cerebral infarction. SCFE occurred after she received passive range of motion exercise and extracorporeal shock wave treatment for neurogenic heterotopic ossification around the hip joint. The patient was successfully managed by a stepwise approach, with radiological and clinical improvements.